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Afghanistan: UN aid workers to begin helping refugees home to Shomali Plains

18 December 2001
Aid workers from the United Nations refugee agency travelled from Kabul up to the Panjshir Valley today to check on some 12,000 Afghans who fled the Shomali Plains, north of the capital.

Brahimi heads to Kabul as UN seeks funds for transitional Afghan authority

18 December 2001
The chief United Nations envoy for Afghanistan, Lakhdar Brahimi, headed to Kabul today as United Nations efforts to fund the political transition in the war-ravaged country continued to gain momentum.

UN agency sets up fund to channel donor financing for Afghan Interim Authority

14 December 2001
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) today established a temporary fund to enable donors to provide financial support for the Interim Authority for Afghanistan during the next six months.

UN, Uzbekistan sign accord to ease delivery of relief supplies to Afghanistan

14 December 2001
Relief efforts for Afghanistan received a boost today as the United Nations and the Government of Uzbekistan agreed on measures to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian assistance to northern Afghanistan by UN agencies and international non-governmental organizations.
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Brahimi en route to New York to brief Security Council on multinational force

13 December 2001
The United Nations chief envoy for Afghanistan, Lakhdar Brahimi, was en route to New York today to brief the Security Council on a UN-mandated multinational security force, while his deputy continued talks with Afghan leaders in preparation for the country's new interim government.

Afghanistan: reports of displaced persons on the rise, UN aid workers say

13 December 2001
Reports of people being displaced from their homes in a number of areas around Afghanistan are rising, and access for humanitarian workers still remains difficult in parts of the country, United Nations relief officials said today.

In Islamabad, Brahimi briefs Pakistani President on talks with Afghan leaders in Kabul

12 December 2001
The United Nations chief envoy for Afghanistan, Lakhdar Brahimi, held a very “cordial and friendly” meeting with Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, thanking the President for his country’s support of the UN’s efforts to bring peace to Afghanistan, UN officials said today.

Afghanistan: UN relief efforts gradually overcoming security, access problems

12 December 2001
The pace of United Nations relief efforts has quickened in recent days, as security and access problems are gradually being overcome, UN officials on the ground said today.

UN health agency launches major anti-measles drive to protect Afghan children

11 December 2001
The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) today announced a major drive against measles in Afghanistan, where the relatively benign disease kills thousands of the country's most vulnerable children.

Brahimi meets in Kabul with Afghanistan's designated leaders

11 December 2001
The Special Representative of Secretary-General Kofi Annan for Afghanistan, Lakhdar Brahimi, today held a series of meetings in the country's capital to discuss the transfer of power scheduled to take place next week.